You can also view the program and other useful information in the HRI 2023 PDF Booklet and in the SIGCHI App. The HRI ’23: Proceedings are here.

Schedule Overview

Monday
March 13th
Tuesday
March 14th
Wednesday
March 15th
Thursday
March 16th
9:00-19:00
WORKSHOPS
see individual schedules
9:00-9:15 Welcome 9:00-10:00
KEYNOTE 2
Andrea Thomaz
9:00-10:30
LBR, Demos, SDC
9:30-10:20
Industry talks – II
9:15-10:15
KEYNOTE 1
Chieko Asakawa
10:00-10:30
BREAK
10:15-10:45
BREAK
10:30-12:00
PAPER SESSION 2.A
Communication 1
10:30-11:30
KEYNOTE 3
Ericka Johnson
10:45-12:15
PAPER SESSION 1.A
Perception of robots
11:30-12:20
THRI SESSION
12:00-13:30
LUNCH BREAK
12:20-13:30
LUNCH BREAK
12:15-13:30
LUNCH BREAK
13:30-15:00
PAPER SESSION 1.B
Inclusive design


13:30-15:00
PAPER SESSION 2.B
Learning with robots


13:30-15:00
PAPER SESSION 3.A
Robot learning


15:00-15:30
BREAK
15:00-15:30
BREAK
15:00-15:30
BREAK
15:30-16:30
PAPER SESSION 1.C
Collaboration


15:30-16:30
PAPER SESSION 2.C
Health


15:30-16:30
PAPER SESSION 3.B
Communication 2


16:30-17:00
Evening Mingle
16:30-17:00
VIDEO SESSION
16:30-17:00
Closing & Awards
17:00-18:00
ALT.HRI SESSION



19:00-20:30
Reception at Stockholm City Hall
hosted by the City of Stockholm
  Schedule Overview

Schedule Details

Tuesday, 9:00 – 9:15 (GMT+1)

HRI 2023 Chair’s Welcome

Tuesday, 9:15 – 10:15 (GMT+1)

Keynote 1: Chieko Asakawa

Interaction Techniques with a Navigation Robot for the Visually Impaired

Tuesday, 10:15 – 10:45 (GMT+1)

Break

Tuesday, 10:45 – 12:15 (GMT+1)

Session 1.A: Human perception of robots

Session chair: Friederike Eyssel

Would You Help Me? Linking Robot’s Perspective-Taking to Human Prosocial Behavior

João Tiago Almeida, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Iolanda Leite, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Elmira Yadollahi, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
THEME: STUDIES

Self-Annotation Methods for Aligning Implicit and Explicit Human Feedback in Human-Robot Interaction

Qiping Zhang, Yale University
Austin Narcomey, Yale University
Kate Candon, Yale University
Marynel Vázquez, Yale University
THEME: THEORY & METHODS

Out for In!: Empirical Study on the Combination Power of Two Service Robots for Product Recommendation

Sichao Song, CyberAgent, Inc.
Jun Baba, CyberAgent, Inc.
Yuki Okafuji, CyberAgent, Inc.
Junya Nakanishi, Osaka Univ.
Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Osaka University
Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University
THEME: STUDIES

Hey?! What did you think about that Robot? Groups Polarize Users’ Acceptance and Trust of Food Delivery Robots

Jennifer E Martinez, New Mexico State University
Marlena R Fraune, New Mexico State University
Dawn Vanleeuwen, New Mexico State University
Betsy Bender Stringam, New Mexico State University
THEME: STUDIES

Models of (Often) Ambivalent Robot Stereotypes: Content, Structure, and Predictors of Robots’ Age and Gender Stereotypes

Giulia Perugia, Eindhoven University of Technology
Latisha Boor, Tilburg University
Laura van der Bij, Eindhoven University of Technology
Okke Rikmenspoel, Eindhoven University of Technology
Robin Foppen, Eindhoven University of Technology
Stefano Guidi, University of Siena
THEME: STUDIES

A Picture Might Be Worth a Thousand Words, But It’s Not Always Enough to Evaluate Robots

Natasha Randall, Indiana University
Selma Šabanović, Indiana University
THEME: STUDIES

Increasing Perceived Safety in Motion Planning for Human-Drone Interaction

Sanne van Waveren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Rasmus Rudling, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Iolanda Leite, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Patric Jensfelt, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Christian Pek, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES

Effects of Human-Swarm Interaction on Subjective Time Perception: Swarm Size and Speed

Julian Kaduk, University of Konstanz
Müge Cavdan, Justus Liebig University
Knut Drewing, Justus Liebig University
Argiro Vatakis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Heiko Hamann, University of Konstanz
THEME: STUDIES
Tuesday, 12:15 – 13:30 (GMT+1)

Lunch break

Tuesday, 13:30 – 15:00 (GMT+1)

Session 1.B: Inclusive design, accessibility, assistive robots

Session chair: Bill Smart

Exploring Levels of Control for a Navigation Assistant for Blind Travelers

Vinitha Ranganeni, University of Washington
Mike Sinclair, Microsoft Research
Eyal Ofek, Microsoft Research
Amos Miller, Independent Researcher
Jonathan Campbell, Microsoft Research
Andrey Kolobov, Microsoft Research
Edward Cutrell, Microsoft Research
THEME: SYSTEMS

“The Robot Made Us Hear Each Other”: Fostering Inclusive Conversations among Mixed-Visual Ability Children

Isabel Neto, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Filipa Correia, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Filipa Rocha, Faculdade de Ciências, University of Lisbon
Patricia Piedade, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Ana Paiva, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
Hugo Nicolau, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
THEME: STUDIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Design Principles for Robot-Assisted Feeding in Social Contexts

Amal Nanavati, University of Washington
Patricia Alves-Oliveira, University of Washington
Tyler Schrenk, The Tyler Schrenk Foundation
Ethan K. Gordon, University of Washington
Maya Cakmak, University of Washington
Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, University of Washington
THEME: DESIGNS – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Multi-Purposeful Activities for Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy: What Works Best for Children’s Social Outcomes?

Aida Zhanatkyzy, Nazarbayev University
Zhansaule Telisheva, Nazarbayev University
Aida Amirova, Nazarbayev University
Nazerke Rakhymbayeva, Nazarbayev University
Anara Sandygulova, Nazarbayev University
THEME: STUDIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Get SMART: Collaborative Goal Setting with Cognitively Assistive Robots

Alyssa Kubota, University of California, San Diego
Rainee Pei, University of California, San Diego
Ethan Sun, University of California, San Diego
Dagoberto Cruz-Sandoval, University of California, San Diego
Soyon Kim, University of California, San Diego
Laurel D. Riek, University of California, San Diego
THEME: DESIGNS

Expanded Situational Awareness Without Vision: A Novel Haptic Interface for Use in Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Paul D. S. Fink, VEMI Lab, The University of Maine
Anas Abou Allaban, Toyota Research Institute
Omoruyi E. Atekha, Stanford University
Raymond J. Perry, VEMI Lab, The University of Maine
Emily S. Sumner, Toyota Research Institute
Richard R. Corey, VEMI Lab, The University of Maine
Velin Dimitrov, Toyota Research Institute
Nicholas A. Giudice, VEMI Lab, The University of Maine
THEME: STUDIES

“Being in on the Action” in Mobile Robotic Telepresence: Rethinking Presence in Hybrid Participation

Andriana Boudouraki, University of Nottingham
Joel E. Fischer, University of Nottingham
Stuart Reeves, University of Nottingham
Sean Rintel, Microsoft Research
THEME: THEORY & METHODS

Feminist Human-Robot Interaction: Disentangling Power, Principles and Practice for Better, More Ethical HRI

Katie Winkle, Uppsala University
Donald Mcmillan, Stockholm University
Maria Arnelid, Linköping University
Katherine Harrison, Linköping University
Madeline Balaam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Ericka Johnson, Linköping University
Iolanda Leite, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
THEME: THEORY & METHODS – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Implications of AI Bias in HRI: Risks (and Opportunities) when Interacting with a Biased Robot

Tom Hitron, Reichman University
Noa Morag Yaar, Reichman University
Hadas Erel, Reichman University
THEME: STUDIES
Tuesday, 15:00 – 15:30 (GMT+1)

Break

Tuesday, 15:30 – 16:30 (GMT+1)

Session 1.C: Human-robot collaboration

Session chair: Anca Dragan

Resolving Conflicts During Human-Robot Co-Manipulation

Zaid Al-Saadi, Koc University
Yahya M. Hamad, Koc University
Yusuf Aydin, MEF University
Ayse Kucukyilmaz, University of Nottingham
Cagatay Basdogan, Koc University
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Crafting with a Robot Assistant: Use Social Cues to Inform Adaptive Handovers in Human-Robot Collaboration

Leimin Tian, Monash University
Kerry He, Monash University
Shiyu Xu, Monash University
Akansel Cosgun, Deakin University
Dana Kulic, Monash University
THEME: STUDIES

The Effect of Robot Skill Level and Communication in Rapid, Proximate Human-Robot Collaboration

Kin Man Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Arjun Krishna, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zulfiqar Zaidi, Georgia Institute of Technology
Rohan Paleja, Georgia Institute of Technology
Letian Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology
Erin Hedlund-Botti, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mariah Schrum, Georgia Institute of Technology
Matthew Gombolay, Georgia Institute of Technology
THEME: STUDIES

“What If It Is Wrong”: Effects of Power Dynamics and Trust Repair Strategy on Trust and Compliance in HRI

Ulas Berk Karli, Johns Hopkins University
Shiye Cao, Johns Hopkins University
Chien-Ming Huang, Johns Hopkins University
THEME: STUDIES

Trust-Aware Planning: Modeling Trust Evolution in Iterated Human-Robot Interaction

Zahra Zahedi, Arizona State University
Mudit Verma, Arizona State University
Sarath Sreedharan, Colorado State University
Subbarao Kambhampati, Arizona State University
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES

Verbally Soliciting Human Feedback in Continuous Human-Robot Collaboration: Effects of the Framing and Timing of Reminders

Kate Candon, Yale University
Helen Zhou, Yale University
Sarah Gillet, KTH Royal Inst. of Tech.
Marynel Vázquez, Yale University
THEME: STUDIES
Tuesday, 16:30 – 18:00 (GMT+1)

LBR, Demos, SDC, Industry talks – I

LBR Session 1 Details

Demos

Demonstrating the Potential of Interactive Product Packaging for Enriching Human-Robot Interaction

SEAN-VR: An Immersive Virtual Reality Experience for Evaluating Social Robot Navigation

Language models for Human-Robot Interaction

Industry talks

Randy Gomez, Chief Scientist, Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd.
Ken Washington, Vice President of Amazon Consumer Robotics

Pioneers posters

Development of a Wearable Robot that Moves on the Arm to Support the Daily Life of the User

Koji Kimura, Fumihide Tanaka

Socially Assistive Robotics for Anxiety Reduction

Kayla Matheus

Using Justifications to Mitigate Loss in Human Trust when Robots Perform Norm – Violating and Deceptive Behaviors

Andres Rosero

Resolving References in Natural Language Explanation Requests about Robot Behavior in HRI

Florian Schröder, Sonja Stange, Stefan Kopp

Investigating Learning from Demonstration in Imperfect and Real World Scenarios

Erin Hedlund-Botti, Matthew Gombolay

Collaborative Planning and Negotiation in Human-Robot Teams

Christine T Chang, Mitchell Hebert, Bradley Hayes

Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with Physical Disabilities: Learning from Family Units

Raquel Thiessen

Neural network engagement during social interaction

Ann Hogenhuis

Designing Robotic Camera Systems to Enable Synchronous Remote Collaboration

Pragathi Praveena, Michael Gleicher, Bilge Mutlu

Perceived Appropriateness: A Novel View for Remediating Perceived Inappropriate Robot Navigation Behaviors

Yunzhong Zhou

Student design competition

Arpi, a social robot for children with epilepsy

Lucía Gabriela Sarmiento, Leonardo Fabio Gómez Hormaza

Making Music More Inclusive with Hospiano

Chacharin Lertyosbordin, Nichaput Khurukitwanit, Teeratas Asavareongchai, Sirin Liukasemsarn

Aimoji, an affordable interaction kit that upcycles used toy as companion robot

Aoi Minamoto, Zitao Zhang

A Pair of Wearable Haptic Robots Linking Left-behind Children and Their Parents Emotionally

Haoran Zeng, Yuyang Qi, Yao Lu

Labo is Watching You: A Robot that Persuades You from Smartphone Interruption

Ruhan Wang, Mengyu Chen, Hanyang Hu

RoPi: Robotic Assistant for the Emotional Support of Hospitalized Children for Burns

Sebastian Rony Caballa Barrientos, David Lizano Engineering, Manuel Aranda Engineering, Diego alonso Zegarra Medina

Internet of Robotic Cat Toys to Deepen Bond and Elevate Mood

Isla Xi Han, Sarah Witzman

LEIDUSS: An Interactive Social Robot Table for ADHD Children for Reading

Jose Carlos Cortazar

Mining Assistant Robot

Ms. Narmeen Sabah Siddiqui, Ms Khadeeja Khan, Mr. Mohaimin Daud Channa
Wednesday, 9:00 – 10:00 (GMT+1)

Keynote 2: Andrea Thomaz

Robots in Real Life: Putting HRI to Work

Wednesday, 10:00 – 10:30 (GMT+1)

Break

Wednesday, 10:30 – 12:00 (GMT+1)

Session 2.A: Human-robot communication – 1

Session chair: Takayuki Kanda

“No, to the Right” — Online Language Corrections for Robotic Manipulation via Shared Autonomy

Yuchen Cui, Stanford University
Siddharth Karamcheti, Stanford University
Raj Palleti, Stanford University
Nidhya Shivakumar, The Harker School
Percy Liang, Stanford University
Dorsa Sadigh, Stanford University
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES

Do You Follow? A Fully Automated System for Adaptive Robot Presenters

Agnes Axelsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Gabriel Skantze, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
THEME: SYSTEMS

Fresh Start: Encouraging Politeness in Wakeword-Driven Human-Robot Interaction

Ruchen Wen, Colorado School of Mines
Alyssa Hanson, Colorado School of Mines
Zhao Han, Colorado School of Mines
Tom Williams, Colorado School of Mines
THEME: THEORY & METHODS

Communicative Robot Signals: Presenting a New Typology for Human-Robot Interaction

Patrick Holthaus, University of Hertfordshire
Trenton Schulz, Norwegian Computing Center
Gabriella Lakatos, University of Hertfordshire
Rebekka Soma, University of Oslo
THEME: THEORY & METHODS – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Hmm, You Seem Confused! Tracking Interlocutor Confusion for Situated Task-Oriented HRI

Na Li, Technological University Dublin
Robert Ross, Technological University Dublin
THEME: STUDIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Crossing Reality: Comparing Physical and Virtual Robot Deixis

Zhao Han, Colorado School of Mines
Yifei Zhu, Colorado School of Mines
Albert Phan, Colorado School of Mines
Fernando Sandoval Garza, Colorado School of Mines
Amia Castro, Colorado School of Mines
Tom Williams, Colorado School of Mines
THEME: STUDIES

The Effect of Simple Emotional Gesturing in a Socially Assistive Robot on Child’s Engagement at a Group Vaccination Day

Anouk Neerincx, Utrecht University
Jessica Leven, Utrecht University
Pieter Wolfert, Ghent University
Maartje M.A. De Graaf, Utrecht University
THEME: STUDIES

Designing Robot Sound-In-Interaction: The Case of Autonomous Public Transport Shuttle Buses

Hannah R. M. Pelikan, Linköping University
Malte F. Jung, Cornell University
THEME: DESIGNS – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Coffee, Tea, Robots? The Performative Staging of Service Robots in ‘Robot Cafes’ in Japan

Waki Kamino, Indiana University Bloomington
Selma Sabanovic, Indiana University Bloomington
THEME: STUDIES
Wednesday, 12:15 – 13:30 (GMT+1)

Lunch break

Wednesday, 13:30 – 15:00 (GMT+1)

Session 2.B: Robot teachers, Learning with robots

Session chair: Ana Paiva

Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches for the Workplace: An In-the-Wild Study on Form

Micol Spitale, University of Cambridge
Minja Axelsson, University of Cambridge
Hatice Gunes, University of Cambridge
THEME: STUDIES

A Drone Teacher: Designing Physical Human-Drone Interactions for Movement Instruction

Nialah Jenae Wilson-Small, New York University
David Goedicke, Cornell Tech
Kirstin Petersen, Cornell University
Shiri Azenkot, Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Cornell Tech
THEME: DESIGNS

Design Specifications for a Social Robot Math Tutor

Mike E.U. Ligthart, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Simone M. De Droog, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Marianne Bossema, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Lamia Elloumi, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Kees Hoogland, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Matthijs H.J. Smakman, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Koen V. Hindriks, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Somaya Ben Allouch, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
THEME: STUDIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Robocamp at Home: Exploring Families’ Co-Learning with a Social Robot

Aino Ahtinen, Tampere University
Nasim Beheshtian, Tampere University
Kaisa Väänänen, Tampere University
THEME: DESIGNS

A Social Robot Reading Partner for Explorative Guidance

Xiajie Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hae Won Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
THEME: STUDIES

Towards Modeling and Influencing the Dynamics of Human Learning

Ran Tian, University of California, Berkeley
Masayoshi Tomizuka, University of California, Berkeley
Anca D. Dragan, University of California, Berkeley
Andrea Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES

Limitations of Audiovisual Speech on Robots for Second Language Pronunciation Learning

Saya Amioka, The University of Electro-Communications
Ruben Janssens, Ghent University – imec
Pieter Wolfert, Ghent University – imec
Qiaoqiao Ren, Ghent University – imec
Maria Jose Pinto Bernal, Ghent University – imec
Tony Belpaeme, Ghent University – imec
THEME: STUDIES

I Learn Better Alone! Collaborative and Individual Word Learning With a Child and Adult Robot

Alireza M. Kamelabad, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Gabriel Skantze, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
THEME: STUDIES

“Off Script:” Design Opportunities Emerging from Long-Term Social Robot Interactions In-the-Wild

Joseph E. Michaelis, University of Illinois Chicago
Bengisu Cagiltay, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Rabia Ibtasar, University of Illinois Chicago
Bilge Mutlu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
THEME: STUDIES
Wednesday, 15:00 – 15:30 (GMT+1)

Break

Wednesday, 15:30 – 16:30 (GMT+1)

Session 2.C: Robots for health and well-being

Session chair: Shelly Levy-Tzedek

Transformers and Human-robot Interaction for Delirium Detection

Joe Jeffcock, University of the West of England
Mark Hansen, University of the West of England,Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Virginia Ruiz Garate, University of the West of England,Bristol Robotics Laboratory
THEME: SYSTEMS

Reimagining Robots for Dementia

Hee Rin Lee, Michigan State University
Fei Sun, Michigan State University
Tariq Iqbal, University of Virginia
Brenda Roberts, National Council of Dementia Minds
THEME: DESIGNS

A Robotic Companion for Psychological Well-being: A Long-term Investigation of Companionship and Therapeutic Alliance

Sooyeon Jeong, Northwestern University
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Sharifa Alghowinem, MIT Media Lab,Prince Sultan University
Rosalind W. Picard, MIT Media Lab
Cynthia L. Breazeal, MIT Media Lab
Hae Won Park, MIT Media Lab
THEME: STUDIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Robot, Uninterrupted: Telemedical Robots to Mitigate Care Disruption

Sachiko Matsumoto, University of California, San Diego
Pratyusha Ghosh, University of California, San Diego
Rabeya Jamshad, University of California, San Diego
Laurel D. Riek, University of California, San Diego
THEME: STUDIES

Co-Designing with Older Adults, for Older Adults: Robots to Promote Physical Activity

Victor Nikhil Antony, Johns Hopkins University
Sue Min Cho, Johns Hopkins University
Chien-Ming Huang, Johns Hopkins University
THEME: DESIGNS

Evaluating and Personalizing User-Perceived Quality of Text-to-Speech Voices for Delivering Mindfulness Meditation with Different Physical Embodiments

Zhonghao Shi, University of Southern California
Han Chen, University of Southern California
Anna-Maria Velentza, University of Southern California
Siqi Liu, University of Southern California
Nathaniel Dennler, University of Southern California
Allison O’Connell, University of Southern California
Maja Mataric, University of Southern California
THEME: STUDIES
Wednesday, 16:30 – 17:00 (GMT+1)

Videos

Utility Belt for an Agricultural Robot: Reflections on Performing Design Research in the Field

Trash Barrel Robots in the City

Demonstrating TRAinAR: An Augmented Reality Tool that Helps Humans Teach Robots

Anomaly Detection for Dynamic Human-Robot Assembly

Unintended Failures of Robot-Assisted Feeding in Social Contexts

Autonomous Underwater Robot Grasping Decision Support System

ReRun: Enabling Multi-Perspective Analysis of Driving Interaction in VR

Stretch to the Client; Re-imagining Interfaces

Mosu Buddy: Mourning Support Robot

Cogui: Interactive social robot for autism spectrum disorder children

Wednesday, 17:00 – 18:00 (GMT+1)

ALT.HRI

Session chairs: Elizabeth Jochum, Hee Rin Lee, Alessandra Sciutti

The Eye of the Robot Beholder: Ethical Risks of Representation, Recognition, and Reasoning over Identity Characteristics in Human-Robot Interaction

Tom Williams, MIRRORLab, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States

Creative AI for HRI Design Explorations

Marius Hoggenmüller, Design Lab at University of Sydney
Maria Luce Lupetti, Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft

Borrowing, Poking and Entangling. In Search of Shared Spaces Between Science and Technology Studies and Human-Robot Interaction

Anna Dobrosovestnova, Human-Computer Interaction Group, TU Wien, Vienna, Österreich, Austria
Jesse de Pagter, M.A. Institute of Management Science, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Astrid Weiss, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

How Did We Miss This? A Case Study on Unintended Biases in Robot Social Behavior

Maria Teresa Parreira, Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Sarah Gillet, Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Katie Winkle, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Iolanda Leite, Division of Robotics Perception and Learning, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Dancing with the Nonhuman: A Feminist, Embodied, Material Inquiry into the Making of Human-Robot Relationships

Petra Gemeinboeck, Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Rob Saunders, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Nature-Robot Interaction

Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Andrés F. Salazar-Gómez, MIT Open Learning, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Thursday, 9:00 – 10:30 (GMT+1)

LBR, Demos, SDC, Industry talks – II

LBR Session 2 Details

Demos

Haru He’s Here to Help!: A Demonstration of Implementing Comedic Rapid Turn-taking for a Social Robot

Open-source Natural Language Processing on the PAL Robotics ARI social robot

I’m a Robot, Hear Me Speak!

Industry talks

9:30-10:20

Sarah Cohen, UX Researcher, Toyota Research Institute
Gabriel Skantze, co-founder and chief scientist, Furhat Robotics and Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
Sviatlana Höhn, LuxAI

Pioneers posters

Balancing flexibility and precision in robot-assisted feeding

Ethan Gordon

Adaptive Robotic Mental Well-being Coaches

Minja Axelsson, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes

Measuring Trust in Children’s Speech: Towards Responsible Robot-Supported Information Search

Ella Velner

Enabling Human-like Language-Capable Robots Through Working Memory

Rafael Sousa Silva, Tom Williams

Aligning Robot Behaviors with Human Intents by Exposing Learned Behaviors and Resolving Misspecifications

Serena Booth

Supporting End-Users in Programming Collaborative Robots

Gopika Ajaykumar

Longitudinal Proactive Robot Assistance

Maithili Patel

Robot Sound-in-Interaction

Hannah Pelikan

Investigating the Potential of Life-like Haptic Cues for Socially Assistive Care Robots

Jacqueline Borgstedt

Student design competition

Toaster Bot: Designing for Utility and Enjoyability in the Kitchen Space

Meryl Ye, Wen-Ying Lee, Johan Michalove, Jessie Wong

Melodica: An Affordable Music Companion

Mary Hewitt, Miss Teresa Rodríguez Muñoz, Guanyu Huang

Cogui: Interactive Social Robot for Autism Spectrum Disorder Children: A Wonderful Partner for ASD Children

Adrian Anhuaman, Carlos Alberto Granados Ybarra, William Alexander Meza Alburqueque, Mr Roberto Alejandro Raez Pereyra

ALH-E: A Deformable and Flexible Robot that provides Tangible Interaction for Pain Communication

Dongyoon Kim, Yun SeungHo, Yoonjoung Kwak Byoung Hern Kim, Dr. Hui Sung Lee

BeeBot: A Robot that Help Children Manage Their Blood Glucose in a Friendly Way

Mrs Abigail Yadday Osorio Villavicencio, Sebastian Rony Caballa Barrientos

CHIBO: A Robot Design for Parent-child Feeding Scenario

Jing Wang, Hanxuan Li, Yahan Xie, Jing Huang, Hanhui Yang

Mosu Buddy: Mourning Support Robot

Sebastian Alberto Chion Alvarado, Itala Valeria Latorre Dueñas, Karol Viviana Surco Víncula, Mr Roberto Alejandro Raez Pereyra

Carla – Making Transport Hubs Accessible

Mr Abishek Girish, Suchithra Selladurai, Vidhya Sagar Murugan, Ms Viboosithasri N S

Pet Whale Robot Reminds Asthmatic Children of Medication

Dian Lv, Zhong Jiancheng, Zhiyao Ma, Jirui Liu

Smart Transformer Health Monitoring System

Mr. Ali Ahmed

An Affordable MathBot: Let’s play!

Maria Insuasty

GratiBot: Enhancing Relationships of Caregivers and Older Adult Care Recipients through Gratitude

Long-Jing Hsu, Long-Yuan Hsu

Social Bots that Bring a Strong Presence to Remote Participants

Siran Ma, Qingyu Hu, Yanran Chen Zhilong Zhao, Houze Li”
Thursday, 10:30 – 11:30 (GMT+1)

Keynote 3: Ericka Johnson

Robotics Research and Teaching with a Feminist Lens

Thursday, 13:30 – 12:20 (GMT+1)

THRI

Session chair: Selma Sabanovic

Challenges in Designing a Fully Autonomous Socially Assistive Robot for People with Parkinson’s Disease

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3379179
Jason R. Wilson
Linda Tickle-Degnen
Matthias Scheutz

Personality Traits for a Social Mediator Robot Encouraging Elderly Self-Disclosure on Loss Experiences

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3377342
Yohei Noguchi
Hiroko Kamide
Fumihide Tanaka

Social Robot Co-Design Canvases: A Participatory Design Framework

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3472225
Minja Axelsson
Raquel Oliveira
Mattia Racca
Ville Kyrki

Emerging Roles for Social Robots in Rehabilitation: Current Directions

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3462256
Allison Langer
Shelly Levy-Tzedek

Planning to Minimize the Human Muscular Effort during Forceful Human-Robot Collaboration

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3481587
Luis F. C. Figueredo
Rafael De Castro Aguiar
Lipeng Chen
Thomas C. Richards
Samit Chakrabarty
Mehmet Dogar
Thursday, 12:20 – 13:30 (GMT+1)

Lunch break

Thursday, 13:30 – 15:00 (GMT+1)

Session 3.A: Robot learning, robot programming, formal methods

Session chair: Sean Andrist

Interactive Policy Shaping for Human-Robot Collaboration with Transparent Matrix Overlays

Jake Brawer, Yale University
Debasmita Ghose, Yale University
Kate Candon, Yale University
Meiying Qin, Yale University
Alessandro Roncone, University of Colorado
Marynel Vázquez, Yale University
Brian Scassellati, Yale University
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Impacts of Robot Learning on User Attitude and Behavior

Nina Moorman, Georgia Institute of Technology
Erin Hedlund-Botti, Georgia Institute of Technology
Mariah Schrum, Georgia Institute of Technology
Manisha Natarajan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Matthew C. Gombolay, Georgia Institute of Technology
THEME: STUDIES

Multiperspective Teaching of Unknown Objects via Shared-gaze-based Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction

Daniel Weber, University of Tübingen
Wolfgang Fuhl, University of Tübingen
Enkelejda Kasneci, Technical University of Munich
Andreas Zell, University of Tübingen
THEME: SYSTEMS

People Dynamically Update Trust When Interactively Teaching Robots

Vivienne Bihe Chi, Brown University
Bertram F. Malle, Brown University
THEME: STUDIES

SIRL: Similarity-based Implicit Representation Learning

Andreea Bobu, University of California Berkeley
Yi Liu, University of California Berkeley
Rohin Shah, DeepMind Research
Daniel S. Brown, University of California, Berkeley
Anca D. Dragan, University of California, Berkeley
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES

Transfer Learning of Human Preferences for Proactive Robot Assistance in Assembly Tasks

Heramb Nemlekar, University of Southern California
Neel Dhanaraj, University of Southern California
Angelos Guan, University of Southern California
Satyandra K. Gupta, University of Southern California
Stefanos Nikolaidis, University of Southern California
THEME: SYSTEMS – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Sketching Robot Programs On the Fly

David Porfirio, Naval Research Laboratory
Laura Stegner, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Maya Cakmak, University of Washington
Allison Sauppé, University of Wisconsin–La Crosse
Aws Albarghouthi, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bilge Mutlu, University of Wisconsin–Madison
THEME: SYSTEMS

Lively: Enabling Multimodal, Lifelike, and Extensible Real-time Robot Motion

Andrew Schoen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dakota Sullivan, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Ze Dong Zhang, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Daniel Rakita, Yale University
Bilge Mutlu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
THEME: SYSTEMS – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Nudging or Waiting? Automatically Synthesized Robot Strategies for Evacuating Noncompliant Users in an Emergency Situation

Yuhan Hu, Cornell University
Jin Ryu, Cornell University
David Gundana, Cornell University
Kirstin H. Petersen, Cornell University
Hadas Kress-Gazit, Cornell University
Guy Hoffman, Cornell University
THEME: STUDIES
Thursday, 15:00 – 15:30 (GMT+1)

Break

Thursday, 15:30 – 16:30 (GMT+1)

Session 3.B: Human-robot communication – 2

Session chair: Marynel Vázquez

Investigating the Integration of Human-Like and Machine-Like Robot Behaviors in a Shared Elevator Scenario

Danilo Gallo, Naver Labs Europe
Prescillia Leslie Bioche, Naver labs Europe
Jutta Katharina Willamowski, Naver Labs Europe
Tommaso Colombino, Naver Labs Europe
Shreepriya Gonzalez-Jimenez, Naver Labs Europe
Herve Poirier, Naver Labs Europe
Cecile Boulard, Naver Labs Europe
THEME: STUDIES – BEST PAPER NOMINEE

Studying Mind Perception in Social Robotics Implicitly: The Need for Validation and Norming

Tuğçe Nur Pekçetin, Middle East Technical University
Badel Barinal, Bilkent University
Jana Tunç, Middle East Technical University
Cengiz Acarturk, Jagiellonian University
Burcu A. Urgen, Bilkent University,UMRAM
THEME: THEORY & METHODS

Your Way Or My Way: Improving Human-Robot Co-Navigation Through Robot Intent and Pedestrian Prediction Visualisations

Xinyan Yu, The University of Sydney
Marius Hoggenmüller, The University of Sydney
Martin Tomitsch, The University of Sydney
THEME: DESIGNS

I Need Your Help… or Do I? Maintaining Situation Awareness through Performative Autonomy

Sayanti Roy, Purdue University Northwest
Trey Smith, NASA Ames Research Center
Brian Coltin, NASA Ames Research Center
Tom Williams, Colorado School of Mines
THEME: STUDIES

On Using Social Signals to Enable Flexible Error-Aware HRI

Maia Stiber, Johns Hopkins University
Russell H. Taylor, Johns Hopkins University
Chien-Ming Huang, Johns Hopkins University
THEME: TECHNOLOGIES

Illustrating Robot Movements

Stine S. Johansen, Queensland University of Technology
Jared W. Donovan, Queensland University of Technology
Markus Rittenbruch, Queensland University of Technology
THEME: DESIGNS
Thursday, 16:30 – 17:00 (GMT+1)

Closing & Awards